Proverbs 14:5-22

⁵A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness breatheth forth lies.

⁶A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.

⁷Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to look well to his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will.

¹⁰The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.

¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

¹³Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

¹⁴The dissembler in heart shall have his fill from his own ways; and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

¹⁵The thoughtless believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

¹⁶A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident.

¹⁷He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly; and a man of wicked devices is hated.

¹⁸The thoughtless come into possession of folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰The poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends.

²¹He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious unto the humble, happy is he.

²²Shall they not go astray that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be for them that devise good.